{"id":693745,"date":"2023-06-04T14:33:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T12:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=693745"},"modified":"2023-06-04T14:42:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T12:42:34","slug":"eskom-announces-eased-load-shedding-this-week-heres-the-new-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/693745\/eskom-announces-eased-load-shedding-this-week-heres-the-new-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom announces eased load shedding this week &#8211; here&#8217;s the new schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Power utility Eskom says it will ease load shedding once again this week due to lower anticipated demand and improved available generation capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 16:00 this afternoon until 05:00 on Monday. Thereafter, load shedding will be suspended until 16:00 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the lower demand and improved available generation capacity, Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 16:00 this afternoon until 05:00 on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter, load shedding will be suspended until 16:00 on Monday. Stage 4 load shedding will resume at 16:00 until<br \/>\n05:00 on Tuesday, followed by Stage 1 load shedding until 16:00.<\/p>\n<p>This pattern will be repeated daily until further notice, Eskom said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, 4 June\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 2: 16h00 until 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monday, 5 June\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 2: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Suspended: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 6 June\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, 7 June\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 1: 05h00 to 16h00<\/li>\n<li>Stage 4: 16h00 to 00h00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/load-shed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-693749\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/load-shed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"787\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/load-shed.png 1005w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/load-shed-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/load-shed-768x395.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 787px) 100vw, 787px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the low-demand periods overnight, load shedding may be suspended for a few hours to manage the system. Eskom will publish another update as soon as any significant changes occur.<\/p>\n<p>Breakdowns have reduced to 15 846MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 2 239MW.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past 24 hours, a generating unit each at Kendal, Kriel, Matla and two generating units at Lethabo power stations were returned to service. Cahora Bassa was returned to service during the same period after a failure on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>In the same period, a generation unit each at Arnot, Camden and Medupi power stations was taken out of service due to breakdowns.<\/p>\n<p>The further delays in returning to service a generating unit at Grootvlei, Hendrina, Majuba and Tutuka power stations are contributing to the current capacity constraints.<\/p>\n<p>Eskom teams are working around the clock to return these generating units to service over the next few days, the utility said.<\/p>\n<p>It added that it thanks those South Africans who do heed the call to use electricity sparingly and efficiently, including switching off geysers from 17:00 to 21:00, in helping to alleviate the pressure on the power system and contributing to lower stages of load shedding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedules\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For people living in the major metros, load shedding schedules are available here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citypower.co.za\/customers\/Pages\/Load_Shedding_Downloads.aspx\">City of Johannesburg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekurhuleni.gov.za\/residents\/load-shedding-schedules.html\">City of Ekurhuleni\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tshwane.gov.za\/?page_id=1124\">City of Tshwane\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/resource.capetown.gov.za\/documentcentre\/Documents\/Procedures%2C%20guidelines%20and%20regulations\/Load_Shedding_All_Areas_Schedule_and_Map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City of Cape Town (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nelsonmandelabay.gov.za\/page\/loadshedding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nelson Mandela Bay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/690923\/heres-the-new-load-shedding-schedule-for-ethekwini-taking-effect-tomorrow\/\">eThekwini<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/centlec.co.za\/LoadShedding\/LoadSheddingDocuments\">Manguang<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalocity.gov.za\/notice.php?id=4JVjjqq9G\">Buffalo City<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For access to other load shedding schedules, Eskom has made them available on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/loadshedding.eskom.co.za\/\">loadshedding.eskom.co.za.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Smartphone users can also download the app EskomSePush to receive push notifications when load shedding is implemented, as well as the times the area you are in will be off.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/693723\/top-executive-linked-to-acts-of-sabotage-at-eskom-report\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Top executive linked to acts of sabotage at Eskom: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eskom has eased load shedding for the week ahead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":671797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[1164,26],"class_list":["post-693745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-eskom","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693745"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":693755,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693745\/revisions\/693755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}